JFK Middle School Northampton, MA

06/05/2020

A big JFK shout out to Mareatha Wallace, our SOCA and the school council for their collaboration on these lessons. Thank you to Gilana Chelimski for putting these slide decks to gather and organizing the lessons to share and to our faculty and staff for facilitating the learning and discussions with our students.

06/05/2020

Dear JFK Community,

In response to our message this past Tuesday, we have had caregivers reach out to request more information about the Stand Up JFK lessons our community engaged with this spring.

As educators and caregivers, we understand that people must first have a deep understanding of a problem before they can feel empowered to effect change. Through their coursework and Stand Up JFK, our students have had the opportunity to engage in learning and discussions about the history of race and the impact of racism in our country. This shared learning and work is never complete. To that end, we want to offer the content of the lessons for families who would like a more clear understanding of Stand Up JFK.

The series of lessons were created in collaboration with our SOCA (Students of Color Alliance) and the School Council with the goal of being accessible and inclusive.

The lessons have been made available on our website and our page.

LINK to JFK Website

LINK to JFK Facebook

Take good care and be well,

Lesley Wilson, Jenni Manfredi, and Vinnie Napoli

06/03/2020

Shout out to our dedicated PTO for all of the support they give our teachers and school community. Be sure to check out their blogspot http://jfkmspto.blogspot.com/🙂

06/03/2020

Student Belonging Cleanup and Chromebook Return Information Link.
If you won a Spirit Week Prize, you have an email with information.
The prize you chose will be with your other belongings on your pick up day/time.
Link in English:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kQrbRTqzUo--Y9eTxBkbcUnjlXjhe_nLyxStbQJoSjY/edit
Link in Spanish:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14SkMs6hdulcBs2sWD2O870MgtwJH2Da_/view?usp=sharing

Northampton Public Schools Students’ Belongings Cleanup & Chromebook Drop Off Plan May 2020 Table of Contents Introduction 2 Free & Reduced School Meals Applications 2 Chromebooks 2 Bridge Street Elementary School 5 Jackson Street Elementary School 6 Leeds Elementary School 7 RK F...

06/03/2020

https://youtu.be/CPkPB4vibE8

As Covid-19 keeps us apart physically, the JFK community will remain together and strong. This is for all our JFK families. We miss you all and can't wait to...

06/02/2020

Dear JFK Community,

We are sending this message with feelings of overwhelming heartbreak and outrage over the murder of George Floyd and so many others before him.

We stand in solidarity with the movement across the country (and globally) protesting police brutality and the deep racism that exists in our institutions.

As we think back on the powerful learning we did together during our Stand Up JFK Forums we redouble our school’s commitment to dismantling inequities. As a community committed to this work we must continue to unpack and process these injustices and come together to fight against them.

During this difficult time it is especially important to reflect for ourselves, and be allies and advocates by not remaining silent. We know it is challenging to connect during distance learning but please know we continue to be a resource and support.

Take good care of yourselves and others,

Lesley Wilson, Jenni Manfredi, and Vinnie Napoli

06/02/2020

Raffle Winners were pulled!
if you are a winner,
Check the board and your email for a link to the prize board 🤩

06/02/2020

JFK Spirit Week and our Duck Hunt were A Lot of Fun 🥳
Thank you for all of the entries and participation.